Nuclear Power Corporation of India has
identified Pati Sonapur under Chikiti block in Ganjam district in Orissa, as the
suitable site to set up a 6,000 MW nuclear power plant.
NPCIL has already proposed drilling
six borewells to re-confirm suitability and the state government is considering
the proposal.
Of the 17 nuclear power plants
presently operating in the country that produces 4,120 MW of power, none matches
the capacity of the proposed project of 6,000 MW of power. Of the 17 nuclear
power plants, 4 units each were located in Maharashtra and Rajasthan, 3 in
Karnataka and 2 units each in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
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